Southern California coach Lane Kiffin talks to Arizona State coach Todd Graham before an NCAA college football game in a Saturday, Sept. 28 2013, file photo, in Tempe, Ariz. USC has fired football coach Lane Kiffin, the Trojans announced early Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. Athletic director Pat Haden said in a short news release that he informed Kiffin of the decision "upon the team charter's arrival back in Los Angeles early Sunday morning following USC's 62-41 loss at Arizona State."